A portrait of rock legend Jimi Hendrix captures the full span of his life, from his troubled childhood and battles against racial prejudice to his rapid rise to the height of the music world and tragic death.
Meticulously researched and based on more than three-hundred interviews with those who knew him best, a landmark book recounts the entire arc of the guitar legend's life, from his troubled childhood in Seattle's projects to his struggles against racial prejudice as a young musician and his rapid ascent to the top amidst the swinging London scene, and finally to headlining Woodstock in 1969 and his death a year later.
On the 35th anniversary of his death comes the definitive biography of rock 'n' roll legend Jimi Hendrix. Drawing on never-before-seen documents and more than 300 interviews, a "New York Times" bestselling author unlocks the vast mystery of one of rock's most enduring legends.